Hear In Private Practice

by Robert M. Traynor, Ed.D. There comes a time when audiologists become disenchanted with working for others and decide to consider starting their own private practice. When this time comes audiologists need to ask the hard questions that go along with the clinical and financial responsibility. Be it a corporation, a limited liability corporation, or a sole proprietorship, working for

The 2019 OticonNext Conference recently introduced more than 800 US hearing care professionals to new technology and learning aimed to “expand the boundaries of hearing healthcare today and create almost limitless possibilities for hearing healthcare in the future”. The two-day knowledge-sharing conference offered learning tracks with dedicated expert presentations and workshops focused on the challenges and opportunities of hearing care

If you want to be successful in a hearing care business, you need enough money to survive your mistakes. All of us make mistakes, some bigger than others. A few weeks ago, I told you about how I lost a lot of money to an embezzler on my staff. But, sad to say, that is not the only mistake I’ve

We spend years in school to earn a professional degree. We study long hours. We read trade journals. We attend continuing education classes. All of these forms of learning are critically important. But, they may not be our greatest professional asset. Instinct, that feeling we have in our gut, may be our greatest asset. Intuition guides us when other senses fail. And

To paraphrase from a little joke that went around some time ago:  “Our field is unique, just like every other field”.  There are likely some semi-universal truths, and therefore likely lots of lessons audiology can learn from others, if we listen and take heed.  Why is it important that we learn from others?  How about these for starters: So we

Here are ten rules you should be aware of if you wear hearing aids. In brief, they are: (1) Beware of hairspray. (2) Beware of dogs. (3) Be careful with little children. (4) Keep them dry. (5) Open the battery door at night. (6) Rub your hands to check aids. (7) Break in new hearing aids gradually. (8) Put your

By Dennis Kraus, Audio Infos Germany   At the IFA preview in early July 2016 in Hamburg, ReSound Germany Executive Director Joachim Gast explained to Audio Infos Germany why the company decided to have its own stand at big consumer electronic fairs like the IFA in Berlin or the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, and what benefits a manufacturer

By Michael Collins, AuD   My fellow hearing professionals, disruption is at our doorstep. I doubt that most of you would have thought just a few short years ago that our industry would be turned on its head in such a short amount of time by the likes of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the Food and Drug Administration

by Jerry L. Northern, PhD and Darrel L. Teter, PhD Audiology lost an illustrious leader from the Golden Age of Audiology (1960 – 1990) with the passing of Geary McCandless on January 4, 2017.  Those who knew him recognized his talents as a modern Renaissance man, i.e., a cultured person who is well informed, educated, and proficient in a wide

by Bruno Scala, Audio Infos France   40 years ago, Professor Claude-Henri Chouard performed the first cochlear implant. It was on September 22, 1976. A medical breakthrough that made history and that was possible only thanks to his boldness, perseverance, and talent. Professor Chouard and those who worked with him at that time, Patrick MacLeod, Claude Fugain and Bernard Meyer,